The Nāṣirī Generations 198.8

198.8

Among the calamities which happened during the reign of Sultan Mu’izz-ud-Din, Bahram Shah, was the matter of the city of Lohor, when an army of the infidel Mughals from the direction of Khurasan and Ghaznin appeared before that city, and, for a considerable time, carried on hostilities. The feudatory of Lohor was Malik Ikhtiyar-ud-Din, Kara-Kash; and he, by nature, was very warlike, energetic, intrepid, and fearless, but the inhabitants of Lohor did not act as the conditions of union demanded, and in fighting, and in keeping guard at night, showed much neglect. When that disposition became evident to Malik Kara-Kash, he put his retainers in motion, and, at night, evacuated the city, and set out towards the capital, Dihli. The infidel Mughals pursued him, but the Most High God preserved him under His own guardianship, and he escaped in safety from them. As no ruler remained within the city of Lohor, on Monday, the 16th of the month of Jamadi-ul-Akhir, 639 H., the infidel Mughals obtained possession of that city, martyred the Musalmans, and made captive their dependents. When the dreadful intelligence of this calamity reached the capital, Sultan Mu’izz-ud-Din, Bahram Shah, assembled the people of the city of Dihli in the Kasr-i-Safed [White Castle], and to the author, the writer of these lines, he gave command to deliver a discourse, and the people pledged their fealty [anew] to the Sultan.